Cudapanthaka, Cūḍapanthaka: 3 definitions

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Cudapanthaka means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

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In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

[«previous next»] — Cudapanthaka in Mahayana glossary
Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra

Cūḍapanthaka (चूडपन्थक) is the name of a Buddhist mentioned in the 2nd century Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra chapter 39. Mahāpanthaka and Cūḍapanthaka were born from the union of a wealthy young girl in Rājagṛha and a slave. They were born at the side of a great highway which is why they were named Great Path and Lesser Path respectively. Raised by their grandparents, they embraced the Buddhist faith. Mahāpanthaka was the first to become a monastic and, shortly thereafter, welcomed his brother into the Order. Entrusted with his religious instruction, he gave him a very simple stanza to learn by heart: “pāpaṃ na kuryān manasā na vācā, etc.”, but Cūḍapanthaka was so dim-witted (duṣprajñā) that at the end of three months, he had not yet succeeded in memorizing it.

The Avadāna also mentions an episode concerning the future Arhat. The day that Cūḍapanthaka became a monk, the famous physician Jīvaka invited the Buddha and the Saṃgha except for Cūḍapanthaka whom he deemed to be too stupid. The Buddha accepted the invitation, but noticing that the Saṃgha was not complete, he refused to partake of the meal.

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Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.

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Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Tibetan Buddhist Teachers, Deities and other Spiritual beings

Cūḍapanthaka (चूडपन्थक) refers to one of the Sixteen Arhats (known in Tibetan as gnas brtan bcu drug) who were chosen by Buddha Shakyamuni to remain in the world and protect the Dharma until the arrival of the future Buddha Maitreya. They vowed to maintain the Dharma for as long as beings could benefit from it. These legendary Arhats [e.g., Cūḍapanthaka] were revered in countries such as China, Japan, India and Tibet—a tradition which continues up until this day, for example in Zen Buddhism and Tibetan art.

Cūḍapanthaka is also known as Cuḍapaṇṭhaka, Cūḷapanthaka or Kṣudrapanthaka and is associated with Mount Gṛdhrakūṭa in the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism. He is also known in Tibetan as (1) Lamtren Ten [lam phran bstan] (2) [lam-phran]; and in Chinese as 注荼半吒迦尊者 [Pinyin: zhùtúbànzhājiā zūnzhě; Romaji: chudahantaka sonja]

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Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.

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Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Cudapanthaka in Sanskrit glossary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Cūḍapanthaka (चूडपन्थक) or Culla-pantha or .—q.v.; so read in Sukhāvatīvyūha 2.11 for Culla-patka, a monstrous form for which, amazingly, there is no ms. authority, whereas one ms. (reading -patthena) obviously intends -panthena (instr.) as the note points out (two mss. omit the word; the fourth -pacchena, surely for -patthena = panthena).

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Cūḍapanthaka (चूडपन्थक).—(Cūla°, Cūḍā°; also Culla-pantha, Śuddhi-panthaka, qq.v.; = Pali Cūla°), name of a disciple of the Buddha: Cūḍa° Mahāvyutpatti 1054 (v.l. Cūla°; Mironov Cūḍa° only); Mūla-Sarvāstivāda-Vinaya i.206.4 ff.; Divyāvadāna 493.12 (in other places in Divyāvadāna called simply Panthaka, q.v.); Cūḍā° Karmavibhaṅga (and Karmavibhaṅgopadeśa) 43.1 (doubtless by error; v.l. Vṛddha-p°; not in Tibetan). The first element has nothing to do with cūḍā but means lesser, minor; he is contrasted with Mahā-panthaka Divyāvadāna 493.11, 12.

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Cūḍāpanthaka (चूडापन्थक).—see Cūḍap°.

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Cūḍapanthaka (चूडपन्थक) or Panthaka.—q.v. (younger brother of Mahā-p°): Divyāvadāna 485.28 ff.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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